I don't usually post someone elses letters but I feel this subject needs to get out any way it can:
By,
Tim Cox
Founder, GOOOH.com
The Washington Paradox must not be ignored! Many of your neighbors do not know what it is; they should learn. Many do not understand the impact it is about to have on their lives; they should take note.
It has not fangs or venom, but its bite will devastate. Forward this note to every person you know and let them know they have been warned.
A lost job or $10.00 for a gallon of gas will ultimately get their attention, but by then it will be too late. Venom, once in the bloodstream, destroys.
You and I will pay for the ignorance of others; we must get them to take action.
A paradox is a logical action that leads to a situation that defies logic. If a fire is hot, we step back. If our tank nears empty, we fill it. If we see a brick wall we don’t bang our head against it. It would be paradoxical to do otherwise. Common sense dictates our action. There is no Fire, Gasoline or Brick Wall Paradox.
But there is a Washington Paradox. Consider the following:
Gallup reports that only 10% approve of the job Congress is doing, the lowest number ever.
Less than 10% trust Congress according to a recent NY Times poll.
72% are dissatisfied with the way things are going according to multiple polls
CBS reports that just 20% feel their financial situation is better than it was 4 years ago.
The paradox: we have re-elected 94% of the politicians in Congress for the last fifty years.
Gerrymandered districts, entrenched parties and a corrupt system ensure incumbents almost always win. Are Americans afraid to replace them? Are we too ignorant? Or, are we just too lazy?
Far too many respond like a child, saying “I like my Congressman.” We voted for who we liked for high school President, not who should run our nation.
Or, they rationalize the disastrous results by saying, “He generally votes the way I want him to.”
I cannot write what comes to mind when I hear people make such ridiculous statements because it is certain to offend, so I ask the following:
Do you keep your banker if he misplaces your money?
Do you keep your mechanic if he fails to fix your worn-out brakes?
Do you return to a hospital if they cannot stop the bleeding?
Of course not! So why do people keep voting for the very people we are dissatisfied with and disapprove of? Has our nation become so ignorant that we will continuously re-elect the same people and expect different results?
Fortunately, there is a solution. We can force the needed change if we will convince our family, friends and neighbors to do one simple thing: vote against the incumbent. We can send a message to every politician in America that we will not let them bankrupt our nation. We can refuse to re-elect the very people who have failed us. There are excellent challengers on the ballot in almost every district and it would be impossible to pick representatives who could deliver worse results.
By voting against the incumbent in the primary, you do not have to vote for “the other party.”
America now has more debt than income. Twenty-five percent of every tax dollar raised is required to pay interest on this debt, and that number will continue to rise until we make drastic changes.
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
Todays Quote
Today's Quote
"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Give a man a welfare check, a forty-ounce malt liquor, a crack pipe and some Air Jordans, and he votes Democrat for a lifetime!"
Everyone have a fine week and lets get everyone out to vote this year!
"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Give a man a welfare check, a forty-ounce malt liquor, a crack pipe and some Air Jordans, and he votes Democrat for a lifetime!"
Everyone have a fine week and lets get everyone out to vote this year!
Thursday, February 23, 2012
AMAC, Inc. | The Conservative Alternative to AARP
AMAC, Inc. The Conservative Alternative to AARP
The best move I ever made, quitting AARP --- AMAC speaks for Seniors not themselves...Thanks AMAC
The best move I ever made, quitting AARP --- AMAC speaks for Seniors not themselves...Thanks AMAC
Monday, February 20, 2012
Islam --- the organization as I see it
Most of this article was written by others, I have added my thoughts and opinions in various locations.
Some won't agree with alot of what is posted here, but I agree totally. I have read a few good books on the Islam organization (notice, I will never refer to Islam as a religion) The book I prefer the most is "The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran" by Robert Spencer.
PC (political correctness) has No place in our society with the problems we are facing. PC keeps the truth from being told. In several Social Networks and my blog, I state that One Muslim in a Constitutional Republic is One to many. It will never work over the long run, just as all our entitlement programs will never work over the long run. (But that is left for another time)
This is exactly how I feel and I just wish more Americans could realize it before it is to late and I feel that day is coming despite several authors & articles posting different ideas.
Some of you read my views that I post on Facebook, Twitter & others, some may block me and some agree.
Whatever your thoughts are I fully respect.
Our children are slowly being indoctrinated with alot of information & ideas in our schools that go against the way of life as we have known it for over 200 yrs.
Our Governments way in the past has not been perfect but it has been widely said to be the most favored.
Most of this information the schools are putting out probably goes right by most parents. The idea being that every generation coming up will absorb and be okay with the slow changes taking place.
larryi
Anyway moving on:
Adapted from Dr. Peter Hammond's book:
Slavery, Terrorism and Islam:
The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat Islam is not a religion, nor is it a cult.
In its fullest form, it is a complete, total, 100% system of life.
Islam has religious, legal, political, economic, social, and military components.
The religious component is a beard for all of the other components.
Islamization begins when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their religious privileges.
When politically correct, tolerant, and culturally diverse societies agree to Muslim demands for their religious privileges, some of the other components tend to creep in as well.
Here's how it works:
As long as the Muslim population remains around or under 2% in any given country, they will be for the most part be regarded as a peace-loving minority, and not as a threat to other citizens.
This is the case in:
United States -- Muslim 0.6%
Australia -- Muslim 1.5%
Canada -- Muslim 1.9%
China -- Muslim 1.8%
Italy -- Muslim 1.5%
Norway -- Muslim 1.8%
At 2% to 5%, they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups, often with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs.
This is happening in:
Denmark -- Muslim 2%
Germany -- Muslim 3.7%
United Kingdom -- Muslim 2.7%
Spain -- Muslim 4%
Thailand -- Muslim 4.6%
From 5% on, they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population.
For example, they will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims.
They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature halal on their shelves -- along with threats for failure to comply.
This is occurring in:
France -- Muslim 8%
Philippines -- 5%
Sweden -- Muslim 5%
Switzerland -- Muslim 4.3%
The Netherlands -- Muslim 5.5%
Trinidad & Tobago -- Muslim 5.8%
At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves (within their ghettos) under Sharia, the Islamic Law.
The ultimate goal of Islamists is to establish Sharia law over the entire world.
When Muslims approach 10% of the population, they tend to increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions.
In Paris , we are already seeing car-burnings.
Any non-Muslim action offends Islam and results in uprisings and threats, such as in Amsterdam , with opposition to Mohammed cartoons and films about Islam.
Such tensions are seen daily, particularly in Muslim sections in:
Guyana -- Muslim 10%
India -- Muslim 13.4%
Israel -- Muslim 16%
Kenya -- Muslim 10%
Russia -- Muslim 15%
After reaching 20%, nations can expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings, and the burnings of Christian churches and Jewish synagogues, such as in:
Ethiopia -- Muslim 32.8%
At 40%, nations experience widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks, and ongoing militia warfare, such as in:
Bosnia -- Muslim 40%
Chad -- Muslim 53.1%
Lebanon -- Muslim 59.7%
From 60%, nations experience unfettered persecution of non-believers of all other religions (including non-conforming Muslims), sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide),
use of Sharia Law as a weapon, and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels, such as in:
Albania -- Muslim 70%
Malaysia -- Muslim 60.4%
Qatar -- Muslim 77.5%
Sudan -- Muslim 70%
After 80%, expect daily intimidation and violent jihad, some State-run ethnic cleansing, and even some genocide,
as these nations drive out the infidels, and move toward 100% Muslim, such as has been experienced and in some ways is on-going in:
Bangladesh -- Muslim 83%
Egypt -- Muslim 90%
Gaza -- Muslim 98.7%
Indonesia -- Muslim 86.1%
Iran -- Muslim 98%
Iraq -- Muslim 97%
Jordan -- Muslim 92%
Morocco -- Muslim 98.7%
Pakistan -- Muslim 97%
Palestine -- Muslim 99%
Syria -- Muslim 90%
Tajikistan -- Muslim 90%
Turkey -- Muslim 99.8%
United Arab Emirates -- Muslim 96%
100% will usher in the peace of 'Dar-es-Salaam' -- the Islamic House of Peace.
Here there's supposed to be peace, because everybody is a Muslim, the Madrasses are the only schools, and the Koran is the only word, such as in:
Afghanistan -- Muslim 100%
Saudi Arabia -- Muslim 100%
Somalia -- Muslim 100%
Yemen -- Muslim 100%
Unfortunately, peace is never achieved, as in these 100% states the most radical Muslims intimidate and spew hatred, and satisfy their blood lust by killing less radical Muslims, for a variety of reasons.
'Before I was nine, I had learned the basic canon of Arab life.
It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; the tribe against the world, and all of us against the infidel. -- Leon Uris, 'The Haj'
It is important to understand that in some countries, with well under 100% Muslim populations, such as France, the minority Muslim populations live in ghettos, within which they are 100% Muslim, and within which they live by Sharia Law.
The national police do not even enter these ghettos.
There are no national courts, nor schools, nor non-Muslim religious facilities.
In such situations, Muslims do not integrate into the community at large.
The children attend madrasses.
They learn only the Koran.
To even associate with an infidel is a crime punishable with death.
Therefore, in some areas of certain nations, Muslim Imams and extremists exercise more power than the national average would indicate.
Today's 1.5 billion Muslims make up 22% of the world's population.
But their birth rates dwarf the birth rates of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and all other believers.
Muslims will exceed 50% of the world's population by the end of this century.
Well, boys and girls, today we are letting the fox guard the henhouse.
The wolves will be herding the sheep!
Obama appoints two devout Muslims to Homeland Security posts. Doesn't this make you feel safer already
Obama and Janet Napolitano appoint Arif Alikhan, a devout Muslim, as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development.
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano swore in Kareem Shora, a devout Muslim who was born in Damascus , Syria , as ADC National Executive Director as a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC).
NOTE: Has anyone ever heard a new government official being identified as a devout Catholic, a devout Jew or a devout Protestant...?
Just wondering.
Devout Muslims being appointed to critical Homeland Security positions?
Doesn't this make you feel safer already??
That should make the US ' homeland much safer, huh!! Was it not "Devout Muslim men" that flew planes into U.S. buildings 8 years ago?
Was it not a Devout Muslim who killed 13 at Fort Hood ?
Also: This is very interesting and we all need to read it from start to finish.
Maybe this is why our American Muslims are so quiet and not speaking out about any atrocities.
Can a good Muslim be a good American?
This question was forwarded to a friend who worked in Saudi Arabia for 20 years.
The following is his reply:
Theologically - no . . . Because his allegiance is to Allah, The moon God of Arabia
Religiously – no… Because no other religion is accepted by His Allah except Islam (Quran, 2:256)(Koran)
Scripturally - no… Because his allegiance is to the five Pillars of Islam and the Quran.
Geographically – no… Because his allegiance is to Mecca , to which he turns in prayer five times a day.
Socially - no… Because his allegiance to Islam forbids him to make friends with Christians or Jews..
Politically - no…Because he must submit to the mullahs (spiritual leaders), who teach annihilation of Israel and destruction of America ,
the great Satan.
Domestically - no… Because he is instructed to marry four Women and beat and scourge his wife when she disobeys him (Quran 4:34)
Intellectually - no… Because he cannot accept the American Constitution since it is based on Biblical principles and he believes the Bible to be corrupt.
Philosophically - no… Because Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran do not allow freedom of religion and expression..
Democracy and Islam cannot co-exist. Every Muslim government is either dictatorial or autocratic.
Spiritually - no… Because when we declare 'one nation under God,' the Christian's God is loving and kind, while Allah is NEVER referred to as Heavenly father, nor is he ever called love in The Quran's 99 excellent names.
Therefore, after much study and deliberation....
Perhaps we should be very suspicious of ALL MUSLIMS in this country. - - - They obviously cannot be both 'good' Muslims and good Americans.
Call it what you wish, it's still the truth. You had better believe it.
The more who understand this, the better it will be for our country and our future.
The religious war is bigger than we know or understand.
Can a muslim be a good soldier???
Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, opened fire at Ft. Hood and Killed 13.
He is a good Muslim!!!
Footnote: The Muslims have said they will destroy us from within.
Some won't agree with alot of what is posted here, but I agree totally. I have read a few good books on the Islam organization (notice, I will never refer to Islam as a religion) The book I prefer the most is "The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran" by Robert Spencer.
PC (political correctness) has No place in our society with the problems we are facing. PC keeps the truth from being told. In several Social Networks and my blog, I state that One Muslim in a Constitutional Republic is One to many. It will never work over the long run, just as all our entitlement programs will never work over the long run. (But that is left for another time)
This is exactly how I feel and I just wish more Americans could realize it before it is to late and I feel that day is coming despite several authors & articles posting different ideas.
Some of you read my views that I post on Facebook, Twitter & others, some may block me and some agree.
Whatever your thoughts are I fully respect.
Our children are slowly being indoctrinated with alot of information & ideas in our schools that go against the way of life as we have known it for over 200 yrs.
Our Governments way in the past has not been perfect but it has been widely said to be the most favored.
Most of this information the schools are putting out probably goes right by most parents. The idea being that every generation coming up will absorb and be okay with the slow changes taking place.
larryi
Anyway moving on:
Adapted from Dr. Peter Hammond's book:
Slavery, Terrorism and Islam:
The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat Islam is not a religion, nor is it a cult.
In its fullest form, it is a complete, total, 100% system of life.
Islam has religious, legal, political, economic, social, and military components.
The religious component is a beard for all of the other components.
Islamization begins when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their religious privileges.
When politically correct, tolerant, and culturally diverse societies agree to Muslim demands for their religious privileges, some of the other components tend to creep in as well.
Here's how it works:
As long as the Muslim population remains around or under 2% in any given country, they will be for the most part be regarded as a peace-loving minority, and not as a threat to other citizens.
This is the case in:
United States -- Muslim 0.6%
Australia -- Muslim 1.5%
Canada -- Muslim 1.9%
China -- Muslim 1.8%
Italy -- Muslim 1.5%
Norway -- Muslim 1.8%
At 2% to 5%, they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups, often with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs.
This is happening in:
Denmark -- Muslim 2%
Germany -- Muslim 3.7%
United Kingdom -- Muslim 2.7%
Spain -- Muslim 4%
Thailand -- Muslim 4.6%
From 5% on, they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population.
For example, they will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims.
They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature halal on their shelves -- along with threats for failure to comply.
This is occurring in:
France -- Muslim 8%
Philippines -- 5%
Sweden -- Muslim 5%
Switzerland -- Muslim 4.3%
The Netherlands -- Muslim 5.5%
Trinidad & Tobago -- Muslim 5.8%
At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves (within their ghettos) under Sharia, the Islamic Law.
The ultimate goal of Islamists is to establish Sharia law over the entire world.
When Muslims approach 10% of the population, they tend to increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions.
In Paris , we are already seeing car-burnings.
Any non-Muslim action offends Islam and results in uprisings and threats, such as in Amsterdam , with opposition to Mohammed cartoons and films about Islam.
Such tensions are seen daily, particularly in Muslim sections in:
Guyana -- Muslim 10%
India -- Muslim 13.4%
Israel -- Muslim 16%
Kenya -- Muslim 10%
Russia -- Muslim 15%
After reaching 20%, nations can expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings, and the burnings of Christian churches and Jewish synagogues, such as in:
Ethiopia -- Muslim 32.8%
At 40%, nations experience widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks, and ongoing militia warfare, such as in:
Bosnia -- Muslim 40%
Chad -- Muslim 53.1%
Lebanon -- Muslim 59.7%
From 60%, nations experience unfettered persecution of non-believers of all other religions (including non-conforming Muslims), sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide),
use of Sharia Law as a weapon, and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels, such as in:
Albania -- Muslim 70%
Malaysia -- Muslim 60.4%
Qatar -- Muslim 77.5%
Sudan -- Muslim 70%
After 80%, expect daily intimidation and violent jihad, some State-run ethnic cleansing, and even some genocide,
as these nations drive out the infidels, and move toward 100% Muslim, such as has been experienced and in some ways is on-going in:
Bangladesh -- Muslim 83%
Egypt -- Muslim 90%
Gaza -- Muslim 98.7%
Indonesia -- Muslim 86.1%
Iran -- Muslim 98%
Iraq -- Muslim 97%
Jordan -- Muslim 92%
Morocco -- Muslim 98.7%
Pakistan -- Muslim 97%
Palestine -- Muslim 99%
Syria -- Muslim 90%
Tajikistan -- Muslim 90%
Turkey -- Muslim 99.8%
United Arab Emirates -- Muslim 96%
100% will usher in the peace of 'Dar-es-Salaam' -- the Islamic House of Peace.
Here there's supposed to be peace, because everybody is a Muslim, the Madrasses are the only schools, and the Koran is the only word, such as in:
Afghanistan -- Muslim 100%
Saudi Arabia -- Muslim 100%
Somalia -- Muslim 100%
Yemen -- Muslim 100%
Unfortunately, peace is never achieved, as in these 100% states the most radical Muslims intimidate and spew hatred, and satisfy their blood lust by killing less radical Muslims, for a variety of reasons.
'Before I was nine, I had learned the basic canon of Arab life.
It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; the tribe against the world, and all of us against the infidel. -- Leon Uris, 'The Haj'
It is important to understand that in some countries, with well under 100% Muslim populations, such as France, the minority Muslim populations live in ghettos, within which they are 100% Muslim, and within which they live by Sharia Law.
The national police do not even enter these ghettos.
There are no national courts, nor schools, nor non-Muslim religious facilities.
In such situations, Muslims do not integrate into the community at large.
The children attend madrasses.
They learn only the Koran.
To even associate with an infidel is a crime punishable with death.
Therefore, in some areas of certain nations, Muslim Imams and extremists exercise more power than the national average would indicate.
Today's 1.5 billion Muslims make up 22% of the world's population.
But their birth rates dwarf the birth rates of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and all other believers.
Muslims will exceed 50% of the world's population by the end of this century.
Well, boys and girls, today we are letting the fox guard the henhouse.
The wolves will be herding the sheep!
Obama appoints two devout Muslims to Homeland Security posts. Doesn't this make you feel safer already
Obama and Janet Napolitano appoint Arif Alikhan, a devout Muslim, as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development.
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano swore in Kareem Shora, a devout Muslim who was born in Damascus , Syria , as ADC National Executive Director as a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC).
NOTE: Has anyone ever heard a new government official being identified as a devout Catholic, a devout Jew or a devout Protestant...?
Just wondering.
Devout Muslims being appointed to critical Homeland Security positions?
Doesn't this make you feel safer already??
That should make the US ' homeland much safer, huh!! Was it not "Devout Muslim men" that flew planes into U.S. buildings 8 years ago?
Was it not a Devout Muslim who killed 13 at Fort Hood ?
Also: This is very interesting and we all need to read it from start to finish.
Maybe this is why our American Muslims are so quiet and not speaking out about any atrocities.
Can a good Muslim be a good American?
This question was forwarded to a friend who worked in Saudi Arabia for 20 years.
The following is his reply:
Theologically - no . . . Because his allegiance is to Allah, The moon God of Arabia
Religiously – no… Because no other religion is accepted by His Allah except Islam (Quran, 2:256)(Koran)
Scripturally - no… Because his allegiance is to the five Pillars of Islam and the Quran.
Geographically – no… Because his allegiance is to Mecca , to which he turns in prayer five times a day.
Socially - no… Because his allegiance to Islam forbids him to make friends with Christians or Jews..
Politically - no…Because he must submit to the mullahs (spiritual leaders), who teach annihilation of Israel and destruction of America ,
the great Satan.
Domestically - no… Because he is instructed to marry four Women and beat and scourge his wife when she disobeys him (Quran 4:34)
Intellectually - no… Because he cannot accept the American Constitution since it is based on Biblical principles and he believes the Bible to be corrupt.
Philosophically - no… Because Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran do not allow freedom of religion and expression..
Democracy and Islam cannot co-exist. Every Muslim government is either dictatorial or autocratic.
Spiritually - no… Because when we declare 'one nation under God,' the Christian's God is loving and kind, while Allah is NEVER referred to as Heavenly father, nor is he ever called love in The Quran's 99 excellent names.
Therefore, after much study and deliberation....
Perhaps we should be very suspicious of ALL MUSLIMS in this country. - - - They obviously cannot be both 'good' Muslims and good Americans.
Call it what you wish, it's still the truth. You had better believe it.
The more who understand this, the better it will be for our country and our future.
The religious war is bigger than we know or understand.
Can a muslim be a good soldier???
Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, opened fire at Ft. Hood and Killed 13.
He is a good Muslim!!!
Footnote: The Muslims have said they will destroy us from within.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Obamas 2013 Budget Surprises
By Warren Beatty (not the liberal actor) on Feb 15, 2012
The more we dig into President Barack Hussein Obama’s 2013 budget (only aweek late), the more surprises we find.
For example, we found that Obama wants to increase the electric car subsidy.
Now we find, via Reuters, thatObama wants to (a) provide $800 million (of money we don’t have) to help“Arab Spring” countries hurt economically by revolutions, and (b)maintain the $1.3 billion military aid to Egypt. $770 million of the $800million will establish a new “Middle East and North Africa IncentiveFund.”
The Middle East and North Africa Incentive fund is to provideincentives for long-term economic, political, and trade reforms to countriesin transition.
For example, the White House said, the Incentive Fund approach“expands our bilateral economic support in countries such as Tunisia andYemen, where transitions are already underway.” The Fund will also build onother programs for the area, including up to $2 billion in regional OverseasPrivate Investment Corporation financing, up to $1 billion in debt swaps forEgypt.In FY2012,
Egypt received $1.3 billion in military aid, $250 million ineconomic aid, and $60 million aid for something called an “enterprisefund.”
Obama continues placing foreign assistance for war zones in a separateaccount. This account, known as the “Overseas Contingency Operations,”includes $8.2 billion for the State Department and foreign aid, and includes$3.3 billion for Afghanistan, $1 billion for Pakistan, and $4 billion forIraq.
It was Egypt that initiated an investigation targeting American democracygroup activists. Forty three people, including nineteen Americans, face trial in Egypt for their work in promoting democracy, including Sam LaHood, son of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
At present no U.S. assistance is goingto Egypt as some legislators favor cutting off aid to Egypt entirely if itdoes not drop accusations against American democracy activists.
Nongovernmental US groups, such as Freedom House, are being accused ofoperating illegal offices and accepting funds from abroad without permission.Charles Dunne, Middle East director for Freedom House, said, “The work thatwe are trying to do in Egypt is to help them do what they say they want to do, which is have a democratic transition to a civilian government. And the Egyptian military is doing everything they can to shut that off and shut that down.”
By law, the Obama administration can’t give Egypt aid unless it meetscertain conditions, including staying on the path to democracy.
What other surprises await us?
Does Obama think that throwing money aroundwill solve every problem?
The more we dig into President Barack Hussein Obama’s 2013 budget (only aweek late), the more surprises we find.
For example, we found that Obama wants to increase the electric car subsidy.
Now we find, via Reuters, thatObama wants to (a) provide $800 million (of money we don’t have) to help“Arab Spring” countries hurt economically by revolutions, and (b)maintain the $1.3 billion military aid to Egypt. $770 million of the $800million will establish a new “Middle East and North Africa IncentiveFund.”
The Middle East and North Africa Incentive fund is to provideincentives for long-term economic, political, and trade reforms to countriesin transition.
For example, the White House said, the Incentive Fund approach“expands our bilateral economic support in countries such as Tunisia andYemen, where transitions are already underway.” The Fund will also build onother programs for the area, including up to $2 billion in regional OverseasPrivate Investment Corporation financing, up to $1 billion in debt swaps forEgypt.In FY2012,
Egypt received $1.3 billion in military aid, $250 million ineconomic aid, and $60 million aid for something called an “enterprisefund.”
Obama continues placing foreign assistance for war zones in a separateaccount. This account, known as the “Overseas Contingency Operations,”includes $8.2 billion for the State Department and foreign aid, and includes$3.3 billion for Afghanistan, $1 billion for Pakistan, and $4 billion forIraq.
It was Egypt that initiated an investigation targeting American democracygroup activists. Forty three people, including nineteen Americans, face trial in Egypt for their work in promoting democracy, including Sam LaHood, son of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
At present no U.S. assistance is goingto Egypt as some legislators favor cutting off aid to Egypt entirely if itdoes not drop accusations against American democracy activists.
Nongovernmental US groups, such as Freedom House, are being accused ofoperating illegal offices and accepting funds from abroad without permission.Charles Dunne, Middle East director for Freedom House, said, “The work thatwe are trying to do in Egypt is to help them do what they say they want to do, which is have a democratic transition to a civilian government. And the Egyptian military is doing everything they can to shut that off and shut that down.”
By law, the Obama administration can’t give Egypt aid unless it meetscertain conditions, including staying on the path to democracy.
What other surprises await us?
Does Obama think that throwing money aroundwill solve every problem?
Labels:
2013 budget surprises,
bad government,
Obama budget
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Here is our Role Model
Some folks ridicule Tim for his unusual behavior on the field but this guy is "The Real Deal"
I Believe in Tim Tebow by Rick Reilly (ESPN.com)
http://search.espn.go.com/tim-tebow/
I've come to believe in Tim Tebow, but not for what he does on a football field, which is still three parts Dr. Jekyll and two parts Mr. Hyde.
No, I've come to believe in Tim Tebow for what he does off a football field, which is represent the best parts of us, the parts I want to be and so rarely am.
Who among us is this selfless?Every week, Tebow picks out someone who is suffering, or who is dying, or who is injured, flies them and their families to the Broncos game, rents them a car, puts them up in a nice hotel, buys them dinner (usually at a Dave and Buster's), gets them and their families pregame passes, visits with them just before kickoff (!), gets them 30-yard line tickets down low, visits with them after the game (sometimes for an hour), has them walk him to his car, and sends them off with a basket of gifts.
Home or road, win or lose, hero or goat.Remember last week, when the world was pulling its hair out in the hour after Tebow had stunned the Pittsburgh Steelers with an 80-yard OT touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas in the playoffs?
And Twitter was exploding with 9,420 tweets about Tebow per second?
When an ESPN poll was naming him the most popular athlete in America?
Tebow was spending that hour talking to 16-year-old Bailey Knaub about her 73 surgeries so far and what TV shows she likes.
"Here he'd just played the game of his life," recalls Bailey's mother, Kathy, of Loveland, Colo., "and the first thing he does after his press conference is come find Bailey and ask, 'Did you get anything to eat?' He acted like what he'd just done wasn't anything, like it was all about Bailey."More than that, Tebow kept corralling people into the room for Bailey to meet. Hey, Demaryius, come in here a minute. Hey, Mr. Elway. Hey, Coach Fox.Even though sometimes-fatal Wegener's granulomatosis has left Bailey with only one lung, the attention took her breath away.
"It was the best day of my life," she emailed. "It was a bright star among very gloomy and difficult days. Tim Tebow gave me the greatest gift I could ever imagine. He gave me the strength for the future. I know now that I can face any obstacle placed in front of me. Tim taught me to never give up because at the end of the day, today might seem bleak but it can't rain forever and tomorrow is a new day, with new promises.
"I read that email to Tebow and he was honestly floored."Why me? Why should I inspire her?" he said. "I just don't feel, I don't know, adequate. Really, hearing her story inspires me."It's not just NFL defenses that get Tebowed. It's kids who will die soon. It's adults who can hardly stand. It's high school girls who don't know if they'll ever go to a prom.
For the game at Buffalo, it was Charlottesville, Va., blue-chip high school QB Jacob Rainey, who lost his leg after a freak tackle in a scrimmage. Tebow threw three interceptions in that Buffalo game and the Broncos were crushed, 40-14."He walked in and took a big sigh and said, 'Well, that didn't go as planned,'" remembers Rainey.
"Where I'm from, people wonder how sincere and genuine he is. But I think he's the most genuine person I've ever met."There's not an ounce of artifice or phoniness or Hollywood in this kid Tebow and I've looked everywhere for it.
Take 9-year-old Zac Taylor, a child who lives in constant pain. Immediately after Tebow shocked the Chicago Bears with a 13-10 comeback win, Tebow spent an hour with Zac and his family. At one point, Zac, who has 10 doctors, asked Tebow if he has a secret prayer for hospital visits. Tebow whispered it in his ear. And since Tebow still needed to be checked out by the Broncos' team doctor, he took Zac in with him, but only after they'd whispered it together.
And it's not always kids. Tom Driscoll, a 55-year-old who is dying of brain cancer at a hospice in Denver, was Tebow's guest for the Cincinnati game. "The doctors took some of my brain," Driscoll says, "so my short-term memory is kind of shot. But that day I'll never forget. Tim is such a good man."This whole thing makes no football sense, of course. Most NFL players hardly talk to teammates before a game, much less visit with the sick and dying.Isn't that a huge distraction?"
Just the opposite," Tebow says. "It's by far the best thing I do to get myself ready. Here you are, about to play a game that the world says is the most important thing in the world.
Win and they praise you. Lose and they crush you. And here I have a chance to talk to the coolest, most courageous people. It puts it all into perspective.
The game doesn't really matter. I mean, I'll give 100 percent of my heart to win it, but in the end, the thing I most want to do is not win championships or make a lot of money, it's to invest in people's lives, to make a difference."So that's it. I've given up giving up on him. I'm a 100 percent believer. Not in his arm. Not in his skills.
I believe in his heart, his there-will-definitely-be-a-pony-under-the-tree optimism, the way his love pours into people, right up to their eyeballs, until they believe they can master the hopeless comeback, too.
Remember the QB who lost his leg, Jacob Rainey?
He got his prosthetic leg a few weeks ago and he wants to play high school football next season. Yes, tackle football. He'd be the first to do that on an above-the-knee amputation.Hmmm. Wonder where he got that crazy idea?
"Tim told me to keep fighting, no matter what," Rainey says. "I am."
I Believe in Tim Tebow by Rick Reilly (ESPN.com)
http://search.espn.go.com/tim-tebow/
I've come to believe in Tim Tebow, but not for what he does on a football field, which is still three parts Dr. Jekyll and two parts Mr. Hyde.
No, I've come to believe in Tim Tebow for what he does off a football field, which is represent the best parts of us, the parts I want to be and so rarely am.
Who among us is this selfless?Every week, Tebow picks out someone who is suffering, or who is dying, or who is injured, flies them and their families to the Broncos game, rents them a car, puts them up in a nice hotel, buys them dinner (usually at a Dave and Buster's), gets them and their families pregame passes, visits with them just before kickoff (!), gets them 30-yard line tickets down low, visits with them after the game (sometimes for an hour), has them walk him to his car, and sends them off with a basket of gifts.
Home or road, win or lose, hero or goat.Remember last week, when the world was pulling its hair out in the hour after Tebow had stunned the Pittsburgh Steelers with an 80-yard OT touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas in the playoffs?
And Twitter was exploding with 9,420 tweets about Tebow per second?
When an ESPN poll was naming him the most popular athlete in America?
Tebow was spending that hour talking to 16-year-old Bailey Knaub about her 73 surgeries so far and what TV shows she likes.
"Here he'd just played the game of his life," recalls Bailey's mother, Kathy, of Loveland, Colo., "and the first thing he does after his press conference is come find Bailey and ask, 'Did you get anything to eat?' He acted like what he'd just done wasn't anything, like it was all about Bailey."More than that, Tebow kept corralling people into the room for Bailey to meet. Hey, Demaryius, come in here a minute. Hey, Mr. Elway. Hey, Coach Fox.Even though sometimes-fatal Wegener's granulomatosis has left Bailey with only one lung, the attention took her breath away.
"It was the best day of my life," she emailed. "It was a bright star among very gloomy and difficult days. Tim Tebow gave me the greatest gift I could ever imagine. He gave me the strength for the future. I know now that I can face any obstacle placed in front of me. Tim taught me to never give up because at the end of the day, today might seem bleak but it can't rain forever and tomorrow is a new day, with new promises.
"I read that email to Tebow and he was honestly floored."Why me? Why should I inspire her?" he said. "I just don't feel, I don't know, adequate. Really, hearing her story inspires me."It's not just NFL defenses that get Tebowed. It's kids who will die soon. It's adults who can hardly stand. It's high school girls who don't know if they'll ever go to a prom.
For the game at Buffalo, it was Charlottesville, Va., blue-chip high school QB Jacob Rainey, who lost his leg after a freak tackle in a scrimmage. Tebow threw three interceptions in that Buffalo game and the Broncos were crushed, 40-14."He walked in and took a big sigh and said, 'Well, that didn't go as planned,'" remembers Rainey.
"Where I'm from, people wonder how sincere and genuine he is. But I think he's the most genuine person I've ever met."There's not an ounce of artifice or phoniness or Hollywood in this kid Tebow and I've looked everywhere for it.
Take 9-year-old Zac Taylor, a child who lives in constant pain. Immediately after Tebow shocked the Chicago Bears with a 13-10 comeback win, Tebow spent an hour with Zac and his family. At one point, Zac, who has 10 doctors, asked Tebow if he has a secret prayer for hospital visits. Tebow whispered it in his ear. And since Tebow still needed to be checked out by the Broncos' team doctor, he took Zac in with him, but only after they'd whispered it together.
And it's not always kids. Tom Driscoll, a 55-year-old who is dying of brain cancer at a hospice in Denver, was Tebow's guest for the Cincinnati game. "The doctors took some of my brain," Driscoll says, "so my short-term memory is kind of shot. But that day I'll never forget. Tim is such a good man."This whole thing makes no football sense, of course. Most NFL players hardly talk to teammates before a game, much less visit with the sick and dying.Isn't that a huge distraction?"
Just the opposite," Tebow says. "It's by far the best thing I do to get myself ready. Here you are, about to play a game that the world says is the most important thing in the world.
Win and they praise you. Lose and they crush you. And here I have a chance to talk to the coolest, most courageous people. It puts it all into perspective.
The game doesn't really matter. I mean, I'll give 100 percent of my heart to win it, but in the end, the thing I most want to do is not win championships or make a lot of money, it's to invest in people's lives, to make a difference."So that's it. I've given up giving up on him. I'm a 100 percent believer. Not in his arm. Not in his skills.
I believe in his heart, his there-will-definitely-be-a-pony-under-the-tree optimism, the way his love pours into people, right up to their eyeballs, until they believe they can master the hopeless comeback, too.
Remember the QB who lost his leg, Jacob Rainey?
He got his prosthetic leg a few weeks ago and he wants to play high school football next season. Yes, tackle football. He'd be the first to do that on an above-the-knee amputation.Hmmm. Wonder where he got that crazy idea?
"Tim told me to keep fighting, no matter what," Rainey says. "I am."
Family Values - Your Choice
Having a problem with "open gay rights or coming out of the closet" is not the issue.... I for one have a problem with it but it seems sometimes that I may be of the minority. You may or maynot have a problem with folks coming out of the closet, that is not what is at stake here:
You see, the Homosexual Classrooms Act contains a laundry list of anti-family provisions that will:
*** Require schools to teach appalling homosexual acts so "homosexual students" don’t feel "singled out" during already explicit sex-ed classes;
*** Spin impressionable students in a whirlwind of sexual confusion and misinformation, even peer pressure to "experiment" with the homosexual "lifestyle;"
*** Exempt homosexual students from punishment for propositioning, harassing, or even sexually assaulting their classmates, as part of their specially-protected right to "freedom of self-expression;"
*** Force private and even religious schools to teach a pro-homosexual curriculum and purge any reference to religion if a student claims it creates a "hostile learning environment" for homosexual students.
And that’s just the beginning of the Homosexual Lobby’s radical agenda.
The radical homosexuals have infiltrated our Congress and they have a plan:
HR 998 & S 555
Indoctrinate an entire generation of American children with pro-homosexual propaganda and eliminate traditional values from American society.
Their ultimate dream is to create a new America based on sexual promiscuity in which the values you and I cherish are long forgotten.
Better named the "Homosexual Classrooms Act," its chief advocate in Congress is Rep. Jared Polis, himself an open homosexual and radical activist.
H.R. 998 already has 150 co-sponsors in the House!
S. 555 already has 34 co-sponsors in the Senate!
http://www.traditionalvalues.us/SNDApetition1.aspx?pid=wt1
The radicals know their best chance of getting these Bills passed is while Obama is President.
Please, everyone needs to contact their CongressPerson or Senator and let them know where you stand on this important issue.
To do nothing tells them that you do not care what is taught in our schools
You see, the Homosexual Classrooms Act contains a laundry list of anti-family provisions that will:
*** Require schools to teach appalling homosexual acts so "homosexual students" don’t feel "singled out" during already explicit sex-ed classes;
*** Spin impressionable students in a whirlwind of sexual confusion and misinformation, even peer pressure to "experiment" with the homosexual "lifestyle;"
*** Exempt homosexual students from punishment for propositioning, harassing, or even sexually assaulting their classmates, as part of their specially-protected right to "freedom of self-expression;"
*** Force private and even religious schools to teach a pro-homosexual curriculum and purge any reference to religion if a student claims it creates a "hostile learning environment" for homosexual students.
And that’s just the beginning of the Homosexual Lobby’s radical agenda.
The radical homosexuals have infiltrated our Congress and they have a plan:
HR 998 & S 555
Indoctrinate an entire generation of American children with pro-homosexual propaganda and eliminate traditional values from American society.
Their ultimate dream is to create a new America based on sexual promiscuity in which the values you and I cherish are long forgotten.
Better named the "Homosexual Classrooms Act," its chief advocate in Congress is Rep. Jared Polis, himself an open homosexual and radical activist.
H.R. 998 already has 150 co-sponsors in the House!
S. 555 already has 34 co-sponsors in the Senate!
http://www.traditionalvalues.us/SNDApetition1.aspx?pid=wt1
The radicals know their best chance of getting these Bills passed is while Obama is President.
Please, everyone needs to contact their CongressPerson or Senator and let them know where you stand on this important issue.
To do nothing tells them that you do not care what is taught in our schools
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